carp.
X
Day's Sews
Weather
Klaaush Falls aad vicinity
Fair lesay. Highs IMS. Lews
U-M.
High yesterday 4$
Lew last Bight II
Precis, last 14 hours Nose
Sums Oct. 1 l.lt
Same period last year l.M
Weather
Northern California - Fair to
day except for local eleudiaess
sod fog.
Mt. Shasta Siskiyou area
Fair today aad slightly colder.
By FRANK JENKINS
This k the first day of the
New Yer.
What will the new year be
UkeT .
WeU- . j ,
In general
It will be what we make it.
Price Tea Cents it Pages
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 161
Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 6J7S
Economic progress doein't just
n
happen. It it MADE TO HAP
PEN. ...
The economists tell us that hu
J.
man beings cannot live without
food, clothing and shelter. Here
In Far Southern Oregon and Far
Northern California we have ALL
ef these fundamentals. From our
rich toil we get food, in wide
variety. We get fiber for clothing.
For shelter, we get building
materials from trees.
, And
In addition
We have WATER. . Water in
abundance if we handle It wisely
and prevent its theft by others
w ho covet it. Water not only nour
ishes our crops, including our
trees. It provides us with power
for the processing of our raw ma
terials. So, you
- - Here in Far Southern Oregon
and Far Northern California we
have ALL the basic essentials
plenty of crops and livestock for
food, plenty of fiber tor clothing.
plenty of building materials for
shelter, plenty of power for pro
cessing our raw materials.
And
Not only do we have enough of I
these essentials for OUR OWN
USE. We have a vast potential
SURPLUS of them for export and
sale to others. It is out of export
and sale of what is in surplus
in one place to what is wanted
and needed in other places that
opportunities for growing trade
and commerce arise.
Is anything- else needed?
Well .
We could use more MARKETS
But-
Our markets are EXPANDING.
Already there are IS million peo
ple in California. The population
of Southern Arizona is expanding
explosively.. The whole Southwest
is growing. Much of this growth
is due to RETIREMENT. Re
tired people want to get away
from winter. Retired people pro
duce little and consume much.
The Southwest is a natural mar
ket for Far Southern Oregon and
Far Northern Californla.VD get
the Markets if w eaa produce
what the markets want at a price!
they are willing to pay,
We have another resource i
tourists.
Far Southern Oregon and Far
Northern California lie midway
between the far south and the
far north on the Pacific Coast
The Southerners travel north in
summer and the Northerners tra-
. vel south in the winter. Tourists
spend a lot of money. It is NEW
money in the areas where it is
spent
Our problem is to stop them
sk they go through.
No region m the West has
brighter prospects for growth and
development than Far Southern
Oregon and Far Northern Cali
fornia.
But it won't Just happen. It is
our job to MAKE it happen. Let's
keep that m mind in looking for
ward to 1961 and all the other
new years that will follow it.
POWER
FAILURE
A major power mi tag blacked
out meet of the Klamath Bull
Saturday afteraeea fer several
hour when a buss bar Mew eat
at the Cepee aula sabetatiea ta
Klamath Falls.
The Mew-eat cat the Basil's
power supply by Mt.Mt veHs
and caused aifftealty la reset
ting circuits which were Warily
loaded. .
Not affected by the disruption
were Chllequia, Fert Klamath,
Labevlew aad AHaras which
were fed power tltrwgh the
Chllequia statioa. The W,tet
volta ef power from the Ceoee
plant were not salflcieat to car
ry all masr etreaMs which aate
matkally kicked off wbea
switches were thrswa. Cspce
said employes we at is work tan
mediately replaciag boraed-eot
equipment at the substatlea, bat
the work leek several bears.
Escape Car
Is Located
EUGENE (AP) An automo
bile, identified as the escape car
used by two men who broke out
el the Oregon State Hospital Dec.
26, was found in Eugene today.
One is an admitted rapist.
Policeman Kenneth Behrend dis
covered the abandoned car at the
corner of 15 th Avenue and Law
rence Street. He identified it by
the license plate.
The escapees are Chester Wayne
fledrick, 25. of Portland and Ver
non Wesley Strosb feak-
li-rove.
IT WAS CAKI TIME for the Klamath County Court and the many friends of Commis
sioner Ed Gowen, left, Friday afternoon. Gowen, 71, was feted attar 12 years of serv
ice en the court. The rest ef the court seems more interested in Gowan than in the
caka. They are, from left, Judge R. R. (Bob) Walker, Commissioner elect Earl K.
(Kan) Allison and Commissioner Frank Ganong.
Goven Ends 12 Years
Of Service la Court
:-. .'). - ' ..
Klamath County Court businesldon't 'standi on'reremony." .''
came lo a hall Friday tfS&M
as steady stream ofsfrawds
and well-wishers dropped m
say farewell to Ed Gowen,
ing IS years ef service on
court - . .
The farewell reception bet'
1 p.m. and lasted until.
nVliwk with tha mtirfk.
packed the entire time, flbehrfy
Judge n. n. (Bob) .walker,
missioner Frank Ganong
Commissioner-elect E. K. (1
Allison presented Gowen wil
copper plaque honoring him I for
faithful service." He was
given a pair of binoculars by J
er county employes. The
tion was organised by Virginia
Ritchey, court secretary,
"I never expected anything like
this,'' Gowen said, when the doors
swung open and be confronted a
giant cake and table with cookies
and coffee. "If I hadknown about
this, it would have been 'busi-
this afternoon. I
Nu:.Armed
Sub On Patrol
CHAR
TON, S. C. (AP)-The
nuclear
armed
iwered and nuclear-
ine Patrick Henry
is sliding
ilently beneath the stir
face of
Atlantic Ocean today.
ready ta
h her powerful
Polaris ml
illes at any aggressor.
The big
ib was sent to sea
on a war
y basis Friday, join-
ing her s!
sub, the George
Washington,
doubling this na
tion's striking po,wer from under-
sea launcmng 'try I
SeakSsiiiig
v ' ' I- i ........ I .
By GIT W. VaRMER
If Klamath County and Klamath
Falls citizens are accurate fore
casters, 1961 should be a stimulat
ing year for business and indus
try with few challenging prob
lems. City and county government of
ficials are optimistic about 1961
prospects while businessmen are
generally more conservative in
' their outlook. Lumbermen, after a;
disastrous year, are hopeful their
sales w ill pick up. Here are the
results of exclusive Herald and
News interviews:
Mayor-elect Robert E. Veatch;
and City Manager G. S. Vergeer
are enthusiastic about new con-gen said 1961 "will be a good
struction in the metropolitan area.year for commercial building,"
They mentioned the destruction of: but added that "it's hard to tell
the Pelican Theater and the con-
PJ"U4ft 'Vtung lot on thej
. m. ft
Judge Wker ' said Gewns ii
one of
at men he's ever
worked with and said his exneri-
teTKThe problems of Klamath
County wouldNbe sorely missed.
Gowen was eWed to the court
in 1948 after 'speeding most of
his life as a salesmen. He was
born in Klamath Fills April 24
and was a salesman for
Van Riper Brothers aM the Pal
ace Market hi KlamauvfiUs and
In a general store In Chiloquin.
We served with the Army in
World War ' I. ;: ,
In 1923.. Gowen i married
Blanche Gooding of SeaUle.who
was teaching school in Chiloquin.
They have one daughter, Mrs.
Don Horsley of Bonanza. -
Gowen's future plans are built
around "enjoying life," as be al
ways has. Ht intends to use his
new binoculars to search for
bucks during the hunting season,
fish during tne tisning season ana
to watch the county court,
While Gowen was receiving his
farewell, . Allison, the new com
missioner, was meeting the peo
ple he will be working with. He
received a present too a shiny
desk nameplate which was placed
on his desk, fittingly enough, by
Gowen. Allison will be sworn in
officially along with other elect
ed county officers Tuesday morn
ing at 10 a.m. in the circuit
courtroom, s
.- The courthouse was "coffeeing"
on two floors in a holiday spirit
Friday. A goodbye party was held
in circuit court in the morning
for the retiring bailiff, Julian R.
Abbott His successor, Fred H.
Heilbronner, was on hand for
the festivities. !
site, an addition to Safeway'slpccts 1961 to be the beginning of
downtown store (with parking),
the new $70,000 restaurant to be
erected by Arthur Rickbeil near
the Rickfalls Apartments, the ex
panded courthouse and new juve
nue home as progressive steps.
"I would like to see a
ground along Upper Klamath
Lake - and an ' artificial skating
rink," Veatch said. Vcrgcer said
he would hope for closer city-
county cooperation to give the
area a community outlook. He
also said Klamath Falls will nev
er have a "truly bad" year due
to Its diversified economy. City
Building Insrwctor Verne Schort -
about residential construction."
The Klamath County Court ex-
Business Code
To Be Offered
In Legislature
EAI.PM (4D1 A nnn.
imerpial. codci governing.- vii'tsiaily
every kind- of business transact
tion, will be introduced In the
Oregon Legislature, Sam Haley,
legislative counsel, said Friday.
This ISO-page bill probably will
be the longest at the session,
which opens Jan. S, Haley said.
It was drafted by the National
Conference of Commissioners of
Uniform State Laws. It has the
blessing of the American Bar As
sociation and the American Law
Institute.
Its purpose is lo modernize
business and banking laws, and
to have uniform commercial laws
throughout the country.
Sue states have adopted it. They
arc Pennsylvania, Kentucky,
Rhode Island, Ohio, Connecticut
and Massachusetts.
Jn the Oregon Legislature, the
bill will be sponsored by the state
Committee on Uniform State
Laws, headed by James C. Dez-
fendorf, Portland attorney.
' The authors of the code say it
will help businessmen and bank
ers by simplifying the laws af
fecting them. They also say that
consumers would get increased
protection.
Shooting Times
OREGON
January 1
7:H a.m. 4:30 p.m.
January t
7:05 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
CALIFORNIA
January 1
7:04 a.m. 4:44 p.m.
January I
7:04 a.m. 4;44 p.m.
Ye&B'
'a long range road program. Thej
Roads Advisory Committee is
peeled to submit a detailed plan
for road development. Several im
portant highway projects will be
started including extension of the
camp-'Westslde Bypass across the Link
River, completing of the Lake of
the Woods Highway to Medford,
additional construction on the Dia-
mond and Silver Lake roads, and
completion of the grading of the
Adel-Nevada statcline road. Traf
fic lights will be installed at Sum
mers Lane and South Sixth Street.
'The courthouse and juvenile home
iare county projects.
A new commissioner with new
ideas, E. K. (Ken) Allison will
take office Tuesday and the year
will see the first activities of the
County Park Commission under
?e E&ira Federal
Roosevelt
Down Appointment
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP
Kennedy Saturday gave to a
rights, Robert C. Weaver of
job of directing the Federal
Agency.
The appointment of Weaver to the topmost position
ever held by a Negro in the executive branch of the gov
ernment was announced by Kennedy at a news confer
ence. Weaver was at his side on the sun-bathed dIUo
of the Kennedy home.
Weaver, 51, now is vice chairman of New York
City's housing and redevelopment board. Long a civil
rights champion, he is chairman of the National Associa
tion, for the Advancement of Colored People. He has a
doctor of philosophy degree from Harvard.
In response to a question,
Weaver said he favors the
idea of "open occupancy"
and non-discrimination in
housing.
He made that reply when asked
whether he favors a requirement
that to be eligible for FHA insur
ance homes should carry no re
striction against sale to Negroes.
Weaver said he did not care to
go into detail on that now, but
went on to say he is against any
discrimination in housing.
Another question was what
Weaver thought would be the re
action of Southern Democrats to
his appointment as boss of the
teaerai housing program. With aj
smile, he called , that - premature
inquiry. - : . - V
It will coit Weavers $1,500 'bi
salary reduction to take, over
retrtioni of the '41-fcral- housing
program. His NewYork position
pays in. MS annually compared
with $21,000 in the new, position.
Kennedy also said at the .news
conference that he has offered a
federal job to Franklin O. Roose
velt Jr., son of the late president.
but that Roosevelt informed him
that he has other obligations.
Kennedy asked Roosevelt to think
it over and confer with him again
in New York next week.
Kennedy refused to say whether
he is considering Georgia's Gov.
Ernest Vandiver for secretary of
the Army or some other position
Lakeview Wildcat Well
Hits 3,300-Foot Level
LAKEVIEW - A wildcat oil
drilling operation begun here Dec.
13 already has reached 3,300 feet
in depth, said George Dabney,
field superintendent for Humble
Oil and Refining Company, Fri
day. .
Dabney said the company is
not yet ready to disclose details
of its plans here. He said, how
ever, that the "J. D. Leavitt No.
1" well probably will be sunk to
the 10,000 to 12,000-foot level.
. Four crews of five men each
are working around the clock at
the drilling site along Lakeview-
Alturas Highway four miles south
of here. They are employed by
Sun Drilling Company, contrac
tors for the job.
si fair
Lloyd Hankins.
"We're looking forward to 1961."
ex-,County Judge R. R. (Bob) Walk
er said, we believe In a pros
perous future for Klamath Coun
ty." Bob Kent, president of the
chamber of commerce, and Bob
Beach, president of the Klamath
Merchants Association, agree that
business was down slightly this
year but expect it to bounce back,
'The Park and Shop system
will increase downtown parking,"
Beach said. "Our business was
olf this year but other areas in
the state were hit harder.
Kent mentioned improvement of
recreational facilities, mosquito
and algae control in Upper Klam
alh Lake and development of way
side park and picnic areas as top
priority projects for the chamber.
Turns
President-elect John F.
Negro crusader for civil
New York, the high-level
Housing and Home Finance
in the new administration. The
president-elect said he has a poli
cy of not commenting on possible
appointments in advance of their
announcement.
FBI Branded
Meet Opens
CHICAGO (AP) - Delegates
from throughout the country held
the first of three, weekend ses
sions in a neighborhood meeting
hall Friday night in what has been
branded by the FBI' as a Communist-directed
youth movement.
Flashing credentials at a-guard-
ed .door, the delcgalea4rastAbf
tVm under 30 giiuid at an
unassuming hall bovVrf'llBg
alley on 'the NorthwesMMi Es
timates of the number attending
ranged from 30 to 78. Newsman
were barred.
Pickets, who identified them
selves as members of the
Fighting American Nationalists,
marched outside watched by po
lice.
In a keynote speech released to
the press, Mrs. Alva Buxenbaum,
23, of Philadelphia, heaped scorn
on FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
and called on the youth of the na
tion to ignore his charges of Com
munist direction.
The tall derrick Is skeletal land
mark by day and glowing beacon
by night, and the object of con
siderable curiosity to local resi
dents. The company abandoned an
other well at Grasshopper Flat
22 miles north of here recently.
That shaft was started in July
and went to 14,000 feet in depth,
Though the area is volcanic,
geologists believe oil and gas may
lie beneath the thick layer of sur
face lava.
No oil exploration has taken
place in the area before. The
nearest similar project was con
siderably further north. Nearest
producing wells are in Washing
ton and Central California.
We have all the natural ad
vantages here," Kent said, "and
we want to have facilities ready
-
for the summer of 1962 when the
Century 21 Exposition in Seattle
will bring tremendous numbers of
tourists to the Klamath Basin
Basin economy will be founded
on . a stronger basis in. 1961
George W. Mclntyre, First Fed
eral Savings and Loan manager,
said. He observed that inventories
in all lines of business are at a
minimum but said there should
be a gradual rise in the spring.
"The Kennedy program may
ease credit and bring more mon
ey into circulation," Mclntyre
said. .
Klamath lumbermen don't share
the rosy view of the new year
held by other businessmen. Both
Ned Putnam and Bob Ellington,
taste
THREE COUNTY ASSESSORS are shown here during Friday's mooting ef the execu
tive committee ef the State Association of County Assessors. The mooting was host
ed by Clyde R. (Hap) Caldwell, center, Klamath County ossossor. Bob Kline, left, Lin
coln County assessor, is president of the association and Glenn Horn, right, Jefferson
County, is secretary-treasurer. The group discussed pending legislation and met with
state representatives Carrol Howe and George Flitcraft during the afternoon.
FBI Nebs Man
Ferf Kidnaping
InCoH
I 1 ' L
MO
ANCHORAGE,
a, CAP)
A stocky H-yeaiv
itum, nabbed
biW-agenti yl
iSworking.at,
a restaurant near
under $$00,008 boi
na, m held
lasartay in
the kidnaping of w.
thy Saa Die-
go sportsman
i An the
D'Allessio.
Richard Amado Hcrrtra Clava-
sillo was the seventh person to
be arrested la the cise.. The FBI
said Clavesillo was a brother-in-
law of one of the other six and
used to work for another. He of
fered no resistance.
Officers here did not say wheth
er Clavesillo had any of the
$200,000 ransom which was paid
before D'Allessio was released. In
Los Angeles, however, FBI agents
said all but about $18,000 has
been recovered.
Others arrested in connection
with the case were Robert James
Gorman and his wife, Ruby
Elaine Gorman of Monterey Park,
Calif.; Frank Marrone and Selma
Clark Marrone of Los Angeles;
Richard Lee Hoffman of San Die
go and LeRoy Thomas Garvigan
of South Gate, Calif. .
Clavesillo was identified as Gar-
vigan's brother-in-law. Officers
said he formerly worked for Mar
rone, who once owned a night
club here. He was arrested at a
restaurant in Spenard, a little
town south of here.
Magistrate Hugh While set bond
for Clavesillo on a federal charge
of flight to avoid prosecution. Po
lice in San Diego said a Califor
nia charge of kidnaping will be
filed against him after he is re
turned there.
Allessio was kidnaped Nov. 22
and released unharmed Nov. 23.
He and his brothers operate the
Calientc, Mex., racetrack and the
I Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego.
owners of logging operations, fore-!
see another slow year in that in
dustry.
"Railroad rates on inbound logs
are double that in the test of the
Northwest," Ellingson said. "We
can't compete with areas that can
haul logs for half of our rates,"
Ellingson said the recession in
lumbering would be "over-all and
inclusive." - - - t
Putnam drew the lame conclu
sions but had different reasons.
"Building and construction peo
ple have wages set way too
high," Putnam said. "The build
ing trades are hurting the lumber
business." He said the demand
for timber Is down because peo
ple can't afford to build.
In bis capacity as director of
the South Suburban Sanitary Dis
trict, Putnam envisions "no radi
VU
WASHINGW
dent Eisenhower
U.S. diplomatic;
telligenco advist
cuss reports of
movements into
from Communist
Information of
Red military threats bad been re
layed to the State Department by
the U.S. embassy in Vientiane at
midday. However, It was no
clear, officials indicated, what the
Communists' intentions were or
whether this was massive inva
sion. ,i ; ,
One possible move would bo an
appeal lo the United Nations Se
curity Council for emergency ac
tion to meet the developing crisis
Another possible' countermove
would be some redeployment of
U.S. military power in the Far
Pacific-South China Sea area.
Officials repeatedly cautioned.
however, that whatever was de
cided upon would depend upon the
size and purpose of the Commu
nist operation. '
The White House declined to
disclose in advance who was at
tending the session with Eisen
hower.. But reporters saw Acting
Secretary of Stats Livingston T,
Merchant and Allen Dulles, direc
tor of the Central Intelligence
Agency, enter the executive man
sion. . - -.-.-.
- The department of defense also
was represented but it could not
be determined immediately who
spoke for that department.
Before the White House confer
ence Eisenhower' kept in . close
contact by phone with officials of
the Slate and Defense Depart
ments and the CIA.
cal changes" In the new year.
His goals are to insure satisfac
tory 'installation of sewers, re
pairing of torn-up roads and the
paying off of accrued debts, t
A railroad man, Al Kusler, man
ager of Southern Pacific in Klam
ath Falls, says his business is
dependent oh the lumber indus
try and is similarly depressed
"We anticipate a better freight
business in 1961,". Kusler said,
"partially due to our 'piggyback'
or van-on-tiatcar service, rnts is
economical for the truckers and
keeps the heavy rigs off the high
ways." Kusler said passenger
business is poor and the trend
will continue.
The 40Mb Fighter Group at
Kingsley Field anticipates anoth-l
er "outstanding," year tor the lo
tftiuiar and is-
sktmiA todis-
CoiamuaUt troop
hdrtber Lass
MrcVVig Nam:
'these reported
AgeDDGif.
'm- ,1M tfaawr oaftontMa ,
. Meeemed to aotot out me series'' -
M its which this
viewed the sil
To FC3 7cs.:l
Cost $4 Mlllfea
WASHINGTON (AP) Eight'
concrete slabs that look 19m tow-
ering bookends lounging in a
rough circle. .That's the design
picked for the Franklin Delano
Roosevelt Memorial.
But the choice may run Into
controversy in Washington, which ;
likes its memorials with a figure :
of the hero sitting, standing, or ;
perched on a horse -
Francis BkhDe, chairman of the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memo-;
rial Commission, announced Frt- ;
day that a Jury of five had picked ;
the design by two New York ;
architects, William F. Pedersen
and Bradford S. Tifney. ,
The July,, beaded by Pietre
Belluschltbian of the School of
Architecture at the Massachusetts
Institute of TecliiMlogy, was not
unanimous, and the design still
must win approval from the Ma-'
tional Capital Planning Commis-'
s km, the Fine Arts Commission,
the National Capital Parks Com
mission, and Congress. ,
The commission said the me- -
mortal would cost $44S4,36 and
take a year to build. It would be
located between the Jefferson and
Lineou nwmorials. .
cal Air Force Installation.- " . . '
"Wo intend to continue our xeo -
ord as the outstanding F-101B ouU
fit in Air Defease Command."
Col. Rupert C. Welch, base coo
mender, said. ' "Statistics pro
that we hold this distinction."!
A new' armament electror
building is due for completio
1961 and it is rumored thf
will bo named for 1st Lt. Clatf
E. Peoples, a radar observer
lost bis life in April of this
; Lt. Col. Carl H. Leo, corrf
er of the land Fighter-Inter
Squadron, will attend the A
College in Washington, D.f
So, although I960 was f
par year for the ares, (
phrase can . be borroW
President-elect Jack F. I
The Klamath Basin it I
movi forward Id the Ms.,'
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